Said Oliver, "I think I'm allowed to say I'm very pleased with the results."

The dispute began with a land deal. One of Stelling's development companies bought a 70-acre Oviedo plant nursery in 2006. Stelling hired one of Oliver's law firms to handle the legal work. Stelling then borrowed $1.7 million from Oliver and other investors to make the down payment.

The land turned out to be too tainted with arsenic, however, and Stelling's company, Metro Orlando Development Group LLC, stopped making payments.